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This is the project that really kicked off my passion for sewing! Previously, I’d made the odd dressing gown or pair of shorts (not particularly successfully) but had never felt really inspired. Then, last year, I realised that Chloe was going to need a dress for her “End of Primary School Prom”. I really didn’t want to pay silly money for a dress she’d only wear once but I did really want her to have something nice to wear.

So – I enrolled myself on an evening class and set to work! It took me months to make and was literally putting the finishing touches to it the night before but I was quite happy with the result.

Chloe chose both the fabric and the pattern (with a little steering from mum – tried to keep her away from the really complicated patterns) and was really happy with the result too.

We used McCall’s M4765, which is actually a skirt and a choice of two tops – Chloe chose the version with cap sleeves. She chose a lovely lilac coloured polyester satin, which went beautifully with her fair colouring. To add a little detail to the top I layered some lilac coloured sequinned netting over the front and back centre panels. I had a enough left over to make her a simple little stole too! (I didn’t use the pattern for that – I just squared off the edges of the fabric and finished them with the rolled-hem feature on the overlocker [serger]).